2011年7月1日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Kate Moss weds rocker in English countryside (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:08 PM PDT

She is one of the world's most photographed women but Kate Moss, seen here in October 2010, has proved remarkably camera shy about her wedding. Moss married rocker Jamie Hince in a celebrity-packed ceremony on Friday.(AFP/File/Etienne Laurent)AFP - Supermodel Kate Moss married rocker Jamie Hince in a celebrity-packed ceremony on Friday, in a quiet English village with an army of photographers kept far away.

Princess Beatrice celebrates graduation with tennis trip (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Britain's Princess Beatrice and her boyfriend Dave Clark attend the game between German player Sabine Lisicki and French player Marion Bartoli at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in London, June 2011. Princess Beatrice celebrated her graduation Friday by spending the day at the Wimbledon tennis championships.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Princess Beatrice, whose eccentric hat made headlines at the royal wedding, celebrated her graduation Friday by spending the day at the Wimbledon tennis championships.

Britain tells Pakistan time is ripe to tackle Al-Qaeda (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron (R) shakes hands with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at 10 Downing Street in central London. Cameron on Friday told Ali Zardari there was a chance to AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari there was a chance to "move decisively" against Al-Qaeda following Osama bin Laden's death.

1,500 people evacuated in London hotel fire (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:12 PM PDT

AP - A fire at London's Park Lane Hilton hotel forced the evacuation of about 1,500 people. No injuries were reported.

Church of England bishops to review gay policies (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:07 PM PDT

AP - Church of England bishops say they have temporarily barred priests in civil partnerships from being appointed as bishops.

UK, Pakistani leaders hold terror talks in London (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, poses for pictures with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari as he welcomes him outside his official residence at 10 Downing street Street in London, prior to their meeting, Friday, July 1, 2011, (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Pakistan has agreed to cooperate more closely on counterterrorism issues with Britain after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the prime minister's office said Friday.

Former Tory peer jailed over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Boats go past the Houses of Parliament in September 2010. Former Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield has been jailed for nine months for dishonestly obtaining parliamentary expenses, becoming the sixth politician to go to prison over the scandal.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Former Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield was jailed for nine months on Friday for dishonestly obtaining parliamentary expenses, becoming the sixth politician to go to prison over the scandal.

Girl, 13, killed by falling branch (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT

A 13-year-old girl has died after being struck by a falling tree branch while sitting on a park bench.(AFP/File/null)AFP - A 13-year-old girl has died after being struck by a falling tree branch while sitting on a park bench.

Businesses urged to hire young Britons (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT

Businesses should recruit more unemployed British youths, rather than taking on migrant workers, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, seen here in October 2010, has said.(AFP/File/ANDREW YATES)AFP - Businesses should recruit more young, unemployed Britons rather than taking on migrant workers, the work and pensions secretary said on Friday.

Northumbrian Water gets Hong Kong takeover approach (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:28 AM PDT

Northumbrian Water has announced that it has received an informal takeover approach from Hong Kong billionaire businessman Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.(AFP/File/Voishmel)AFP - Northumbrian Water announced on Friday that it had received an informal takeover approach from Hong Kong billionaire businessman Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.

On day of her 50th, fans gather to remember Diana (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:45 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Dec. 11, 1995 file photo, Diana, Princess of Wales, smiles at the United Cerebral Palsy's annual dinner at the New York Hilton. Princess Diana would have been 50 years old on Friday, July 1, 2011, perhaps the only certainty about the course of a life abruptly cut short in a 1997 car crash in Paris, with a new boyfriend, two months past her 36th birthday. (AP Photo/ Mark Lennihan,file)AP - Admirers of the late Princess Diana are gathering outside Kensington Palace on what would have been her 50th birthday.

UK condemns arrest of Iranian female activists (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:34 AM PDT

AP - Britain says Iran's government has recently arrested several female activists as part of a campaign to stifle dissent.

Pair deny Stephen Lawrence murder (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Two men charged with the 1993 murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, pictured, have pleaded not guilty.(Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust/null)AFP - Two men charged with the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence 18 years ago have pleaded not guilty.

Warning over Indian film about British teen death (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:16 AM PDT

File photo shows Fiona MacKeown, the mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling, addressing a press conference in Mumbai. The Indian lawyer for MacKeown, whose daughter was killed in the resort state of Goa, has warned that filmmakers could face legal action for making a movie about the case.(AFP/File)AFP - The Indian lawyer for a British woman whose daughter was found dead in the resort state of Goa has warned that filmmakers could face legal action for making a movie about the case.

Vodafone to sell Polish Polkomtel stake (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:00 AM PDT

A Vodafone branch is pictured in London, in 2008. British mobile phone giant Vodafone is selling its stake in Polkomtel as part of a shareholder agreement to sell the Polish telecoms group to local business mogul Zygmunt Solorz-Zak.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Friday that it was selling its stake in Polkomtel as part of a shareholder agreement to sell the Polish telecoms group to local business mogul Zygmunt Solorz-Zak.

Minister urges businesses to hire young Britons (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:51 AM PDT

Businesses should recruit more unemployed British youths, rather than taking on migrant workers, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, seen here in October 2010, has said.(AFP/File/ANDREW YATES)AFP - Businesses should recruit more unemployed British youths rather than taking on migrant workers, the work and pensions secretary is expected to say on Friday.

FTSE up 0.11% at open (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:25 AM PDT

London's FTSE 100 index steadied in opening deals on Friday, after Greece's approval of austerity measures led shares to soar the previous day.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London's FTSE 100 index steadied in opening deals on Friday, after Greece's approval of austerity measures led shares to soar the previous day.

Government 'played down nuclear fears' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:16 AM PDT

A protestor holds a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament banner during a protest opposite 10 Downing St in London in March 2011. The government worked with the country's nuclear industry to calm public fears over the safety of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, the Guardian reported Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The government worked with the country's nuclear industry to calm public fears over the safety of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, the Guardian reported Friday.

Population grows at fastest rate in 50 years (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT

The sun sets behind the Houses of Parliament in London. Britain's population grew at the fastest pace for nearly half a century last year, adding almost half a million people due in large part to a high birth rate, official data showed on Thursday.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's population grew at the fastest pace for nearly half a century last year, adding almost half a million people due in large part to a high birth rate, official data has shown.

Lloyds bank axes 15,000 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Britain's state-rescued Lloyds bank said Thursday it will axe 15,000 jobs in a drastic cost-cutting plan that will halve its international base and save £1.5 billion (1.66 billion euros, $2.4 billion) per year by 2014.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group is axing 15,000 jobs as it bids to halve its international division, save £1.5 billion a year and return to full health after the global financial crisis.

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